By Jessica Stillman – Inc.com –
Time outdoors is one of the easiest and most well-supported interventions for improving your mental health. And, of course, hiking is great exercise for your body too, with all the benefits any kind of physical movement entails. But even a confirmed nature booster like me is sometimes surprised by a new study showing yet more benefits to something as seemingly easy as wandering around your local park.
New research out of North Carolina State University, recently published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, drew on health data on nearly 8.000 people to reveal that being surrounded by nature actually affects people on the cellular level, slowing aging.
